The board that owns Harrisburg International Airport will try once more to find a new use for the airport's former terminal. This morning Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority approved an agreement for NAI/CIR, a commercial real estate firm based in Wormleysburg, to market the old terminal for lease, starting in March. The firm will have about four months to attract... Full story »

The number of passengers using Harrisburg International Airport increased by nearly 1 percent this January compared to January 2006. Nearly 89,500 passengers used HIA in January, roughly 700 more than for the same month last year, according to airport owners the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority. Full story »

Starting April 1, many of the planes that land at Capital City Airport will pay a fee to do so. This morning, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority approved landing fees to be imposed on most users of "transient" aircraft landing at Capital City, a general aviation facility in Fairview Twp. The fees will not apply to aircraft that are... Full story »

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh will provide a $200,000 grant to help build Baldwin Village, a proposed apartment complex in Swatara Twp. for people with disabilities, according to an announcement this week from U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Schuylkill. The grant is being awarded to Mohn Street Accessible Housing. The 12 planned rental units at 400 Mohn St. are... Full story »

Harrisburg International Airport received a $9.13 million federal grant today as part of a series of payments for construction of the new terminal in 2004. U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Schuylkill, who presented the money at the airport, said the funds will help cover debt service on improvements to the airport apron, taxiway and runway lighting. Full story »

Passenger traffic at Harrisburg International Airport has increased for three consecutive months compared with last year, officials announced this morning. Scott Miller, spokesman for HIA owners, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, said the number of passengers flying in and out of the airport was up 2.5 percent in February compared with February 2006. The number of departing passengers was... Full story »

Car rental rates at Harrisburg International Airport will go up $1 a day on April 1. The increase is part of a broader rise in fees and charges approved today by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority. It is the only one affecting travelers directly, according to spokesman Scott Miller. The increase does not affect vehicle rental operations off airport... Full story »

The regional airport authority removed "acting" today from the title of Executive Director Tim Edwards. The move by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority increases Edwards' salary from $125,000 to $135,000 a year. Edwards became acting executive director at the end of last October when Fred Testa retired. Chairman John Ward said the authority had intended to conduct a nationwide... Full story »

Eight in 10 Pennsylvania residents oppose increasing the realty transfer tax to help fund mass transit in the state, according to a poll done for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. The association announced results of the poll, completed by Susquehanna Polling and Research, this morning in the state Capitol. Full story »

Strawberry Square will become the new, temporary, home of Harrisburg University under a lease agreement announced today. President Mel Schiavelli said the university needs more space while awaiting completion of its 16-story academic tower, being built at Fourth and Market streets. The move also allows for continued growth of Harrisburg School District's SciTech High, which currently shares space with the... Full story »

A midstate man who has been leading the regional effort to provide employers with enough skilled workers will now do the same job on a statewide basis. Gov. Ed Rendell has appointed Robert Garraty of Hummelstown as executive director of the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board. Garraty will coordinate the activities of 22 regional boards that seek to provide trained workers... Full story »

The number of travelers using Harrisburg International Airport has risen for four consecutive months. The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority reports a 5.7 percent increase in passenger traffic for March over that of March 2006. Full story »

Two midstate companies are among three founding members of a new statewide association of biodiesel producers unveiled today. Keystone BioFuels of Shiremanstown and United Biofuels of York are two founding members of the Pennsylvania Biodiesel Producers Group. The third is United BioDiesel, a Pittsburgh company. Full story »

A statewide code put into effect three years ago to ensure consistent minimum building standards no matter where you build in Pennsylvania is uniform "in name only," Stephen M. Schmerin, state secretary of Labor and Industry, said today during a hearing on the code held in the state Capitol. The session was the first in a planned series of joint... Full story »

Passenger traffic at Harrisburg International Airport increased by 16 percent last month compared to April 2006. Nearly 112,000 travelers flew in or out of the airport last month, making April the busiest month at HIA since July 2005, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority reported this morning. Full story »

RF Central LLC, a Carlisle company that provides wireless and microwave technology services to the broadcast industry, has been acquired by The Vitec Group, a company based in the United Kingdom. The Vitec Group, in a statement posted on its Web site, said that the company has acquired RF Central and another company, Nucomm Inc., for a combined $73 million.... Full story »

Gov. Ed Rendell today nominated Steven Kaplan of Philadelphia as Pennsylvania's next banking secretary. Kaplan, pending state Senate confirmation, will succeed Victoria Reider, who was named acting banking secretary when A. William Schenck III resigned in August. Schenck left to become president of TriState Capital Bank, a startup bank in Pittsburgh. Full story »

East Berlin, in rural Adams County, doesn't have anything big enough to make up for the loss of its largest employer, Tyco Electronics. "Tyco leaving East Berlin is almost like Caterpillar pulling out of York," said Wes Thomason, 54, who lives about four miles outside of East Berlin, a borough of about 1,400 people. "This is a farming community.... Full story »

The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania in Hershey today released a report that details the role of technology in the regional economy. The entire 2007 Renaissance Report is to be posted later today on the council's Web site, http://www.tccp.org Full story »